Braised Beef with Mushrooms & Barley
This hearty one-pot meal combines mushroom and barley with fork-tender pot roast.
Ingredients
- 1 boneless beef chuck arm, blade or shoulder pot roast (about 3 pounds)
- 1 Tbs vegetable oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/2 lb medium cremini or button mushrooms, halved
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 3 large cloves garlic, minced
- 1- 1/4 cups ready-to-serve beef broth
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 cup medium pearl barley
- 1 cup frozen peas, defrosted
- 1/3 cup dairy sour cream (optional)
Directions
- Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium heat until hot. Brown beef pot roast; remove. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add mushrooms, onion and garlic to Dutch oven; cook and stir until onion is lightly browned. Add broth and bay leaf. Return pot roast; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover tightly and simmer 1-1/2 hours. Stir in barley; continue cooking, covered, 45 to 60 minutes or until pot roast is fork-tender. Remove pot roast; keep warm. Discard bay leaf.
- Add peas and sour cream to barley. Cook and stir over low heat just until heated through. Carve pot roast. Serve with barley.
- Makes 6 to 8 servings.
Recipe courtesy of the National Cattleman’s Beef Association
Nutrition Facts
Calories 741
Calories from Fat 476 (64%)
(81%)Total Fat 53g
(104%)Saturated Fat 21g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g
Monounsaturated Fat 23g
(56%)Cholesterol 168mg
(29%)Sodium 706mg
(25%)Potassium 889mg
Total Carbohydrate 21g
(18%)Dietary Fiber 4g
Sugars 3g
Sugar Alcohols 0g
(88%)Protein 44g
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